The court also refused an application by the defendants seeking to prosecute CEO Adar Poonawalla and directors of SII for allegedly filing false affidavits regarding the side-effects of the vaccine.
Justice RI Chagla pronounced the verdict today, directing the defendants to remove the content from their website or social media accounts as they were "per se defamatory".
While addressing the mediapersons in Pune, Adar Poonawala said, "We have produced 5-6 million doses as stock, current demand is zero in all hospitals. Current variants are mild and not severe. Senior citizens can take booster doses as a precaution".
India has registered a single-day rise of 10,158 new coronavirus infections. The current rise in Covid cases is being driven by XBB.1.16, which is a sub variant of Omicron